GAMING. 



427 



and littlegoes are 10 & 11 Will. 3, c. 17 ; 9 Ann. c. 6 ; 

 8 Geo. 1, c. 2 ; 9 Geo. 1, c. 19 ; 2 Geo. 2, c. 28, s. 9 ; 

 6 Geo. 2, c. 35 ; 12 Geo. 2, c. 28 ; 13 Geo. 2, c. 19 ; 

 42 Geo. 3, c. 119 ; 46 Geo. 3, c, 148 ; 4 Geo. 4, 

 c. 60 ; 6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 66 ; 8 t^ 9 Vict. c. 74 ; and 9 & 10 

 Vict. c. 48, and are to be found set out at length in 

 Chitty's Statutes, 5th. ed., under the heading " Games and 

 Gaming." 



The statute 10 & 11 Will. 3, c. 17, recites the mischiefs 

 arising from Lotteries under colour of certain patents and 

 grants ; and then enacts, not only that all such lotteries, 

 but also that all other lotteries, are public nuisances ik). 



It imposes a penalty of 500/., to be recovered in any of 

 her Majesty's Courts at Westminster, upon every person 

 who may " exercise, expose, open or show to be played, 

 thrown or drawn at, any such lottery, play, or device, or 

 other lottery " (/). 



Also a penalty of 20/. to be recovered in like manner 

 upon every person who " shall play, throw or draw at any 

 such lottery, play or device, or other lotteries " (»?). 



The statute 9 Geo. 1, c. 19, s. 4, imposes a penalty of 

 200/. for setting up any lottery by virtue of a grant from 

 any foreign prince, state, or government, or issuing any 

 advertisement for the same, or for selling tickets in this 

 country for any foreign lottery ; and the like penalty is 

 imposed by 6 Geo. 2, c. 35, for selling or procuring any 

 ticket, receipt, chance, or number in any foreign lottery, or 

 in or belonging to any class, part, or division of such lottery, 

 or any ticket for any duplicate of any foreign lottery. The 

 9 Geo. J, c. 19, s. 4, only applies to the erection of foreign 

 lotteries in this country. An agreement to purchase a 

 concession conferring the right to erect lotteries in a foreign 

 country is, therefore, not within the scope of the section («). 



The statute 12 Geo. 2, c. 28, s. 1, imposes a penalty of 

 200/. upon every person erecting, setting up, continuing, or 

 keeping " any ofiice or place under the denomination of a 

 sale or sales of houses, land, advowsons, presentations to 

 livings, plate, jewels, ships, goods or other things by way of 

 lottery," or advertising for advances of " small sums of 

 money by several persons, amounting in the whole to large 



Lotteries 

 declared 

 nuisances . 



Penaltj' for 

 keeping a 

 lottery. 



Penalty for 

 drawing at a 

 lottery. 



Foreign 

 lotteries. 

 9 Geo. 1, 

 c. ly; 

 6 Geo. 2, 

 c. 35. 



Penalty for 

 setting up 

 sales by 

 lottery. 

 12 Geo. 2, 

 0. 28. 



[k) 10 & 11 WiU. 3, c. 17, s. 1; 

 and see AUport v. Nutt, 1 C. B. 

 at p. 989. 



[l] 10 & 11 Will. 3, c. 17, 

 s. 2. 



(m) 10 & 11 Will. 3, c. 17, s. 3. 



(n) Maenee v. Persian Investment 

 Corporation, 44 Ch. D. 306; 62 

 L. T., N. S. 894 ; 38 W. E. 596. 



